Spring-bed.



A. SGHBIBLE. SPRING BED.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 19, 1912.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913.

INVENTOR W; N ESSES ion.

ALBERT SGHEIBLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SPRING-BED.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed. November 19, 1912.

Patented Nov. 18, 1913. Serial No. 732,224.

To all whom it may concern:

Be, it known that I, IXLBERT Scrrurnnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, inthe county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Spring-Bed, of which the following is a clear, concise, and full specification, referones being bad tothe accompanying drawings, forming part of this application.

My invention relates to bed constructions having resilient bed-bottoms supported by auxiliary springs affording an added buoyancy to the bed-bottom.v

The objects of my invention are to produce an auxiliary spring member or holder which mayreadily be detached from the slat and the bed-bottom to facilitate handling and shipping; which will be simple, cheap and yet unusually resilient; which can be used with bed-bottoms having different spacings between their side rails or other stiffening members; which will give to a simple bed-bottom a handsome raised effect and a buoyancy comparable to that of a box spring, but which will be much cheaper to construct than a box spring and more accessible for cleaning. I attain these objects by the construction shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a side elevation of a portion ofv a bed-bottom with the auxiliary spring of my invention interposed between the bedbottom and a slat, which slat is shown in section. Fig. 2 is an end view of the auxiliary spring and part of the slat, portions of the bed-bottom stiffener and of the side rail of the bedstead being shown in section. Figs. 3 and 4 show end and side views of alternative forms of the auxiliary springs and the parts between which they are interposed.

In the drawings, A is the end-piece of a bed-bottom having a fabric B held taut by spiral springs O, the fabric being preferably made of interlinked wires, interlaced slats or woven wire webbing. The endpiece A is connected by a bracket D to one end of a longitudinal stiffener E positioned some distance below the fabric B, there being preferably two of these stiifeners, one near each edge of the fabric and both made of steel piping.

F is a slat of angle steel, having an end piece G stepped upon the side rail H of the bedstead, the end G- being preferably raised 1912, Serial No. 703,661.

several inches above the main portion of the slat. y

I is a saddle or inverted stirrup straddling the slat F and preferably made of steel or malleable iron.

K are springs fastened to the saddle I at their lower ends, these springs'being preferably of the coiled and return bend type shown in my copending application filed June 14, The upper ends of the substantially parallel springs K are fastened to opposite ends L of a saddle or stirrup M having a depressed central portion N forming a socket for the stiffener E of the bed-bottom.

7 Thus assembled, the saddle I, springs K and socket M together constitute a manually detachable spring member, there being preferably four such spring members interposed between the bed-bottom and the slat to form resilient supports for the bed-bottom. By sliding the saddles I along the slat F, the spring members can readily be spaced so that their sockets will match variations in the spacing of the stiffeners E on different makes or styles of bed-bottoms. The spring members can readily be packed and handled separately, thereby facilitating the trans porting of this spring bed construction. When in use, the height of the'stiffeners E above the side rail of the bedstead gives the same raised effect as a box spring, while leaving the fabric and springs much more accessible than the parts of a box spring for the removal of dust, etc. Moreover, while the addition of the auxiliary spring members to the resilient bed-bottom construction can easily afford a total buoyancy fully equal to that obtainable in box spring constructions costing much more to build, this combination will also allow the fabric to conform somewhat to the contour of the body resting on it, thereby giving a degree of comfort not obtainable with an equally resilient box. spring construction. By equipping each ofthe detachable spring members at its opposite ends with channel-shaped sockets extending transversely of each other, these auxiliary spring members may readily be used with various spacings both of the slats and of the portions of the bed-bottom engaged by the spring members.

Where the stifieners or side rails on a bed bottom frame are spaced close to the outer edges to the fabric, and hence close to the side rails of the bedstead, the upper saddle or socket may be made with a simple U shaped section, as shown by M in Figs. 3 and 4, in which case the upper terminal loops of the springs would preferably be in substantially vertical planes. In this case the lower saddle piece of the holder might be omitted and the springs bolted direct to the slat, which could be of an inverted T- shaped section, as shown by F in Fig. at.

lVhile I have shown and described my invention as used with tubular bed-bottom stiifeners, angle steel slats and springs designed as per my copending application No. 703,661, I do not wish to be limited to these or other details of the construction shown; it being obvious that numerous changes could be made in the design and arrangement of Various parts without departing from the spirit of my invention.

WVhat I claim as new and desire to cover by Letters Patent is:

l. A holder for a bed-bottom frame haying side rails, comprising a member adapted to engage a side rail of the bed bottom, a second member adapted to be stepped on a portion of a bedstead, and a pair of springs interposed between the said members and disposed at opposite sides of the said side rail when the holder is in service.

2. In a bed construction a slat, a bed-bottom, and a plurality of manually detachable spring members interposed therebetween, each of the said spring members including a spring having at its opposite ends channeled sockets adapted to engage the slatand the bed-bottom respectively, the said sockets extending transversely of each other.

8. A holder for a bed-bottom frame having a side rail, comprising a pair of socket members adapted respectively to engage the said side rail and aportion of a bedstead, and a pair of springs interposed between the said members, the said springs connected at one end to opposite ends of one of the said socket members, the said socket members extending transversely of each other.

4. A bed construction including a slatand a bed-bottom stiffener; and a spring member interposed therebetween; the said. spring member including a pair of sockets secured to opposite ends of a pair of springs; the sockets upon each spring member being adapted to engage the slat and the stiffener respectively.

ALBERT scHEiBLE.

lVit-nesses M. A. SMITH, J12, E. RoHLorr.

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